Danette Wolpert Holman
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Danette Wolpert Holman is a visionary, entrepreneur and thought leader in the field of transformational media. She is the Founder and President of the ILLUMINATE Film Festival, the world’s premier festival for conscious cinema. Her focus is on unlocking global human potential by inspiring positive change from within.
Under the ILLUMINATE umbrella, Danette founded the Conscious Film Convergence, the world's first annual gathering of transformational film creators, producers, distributors, funders and marketers, dedicated to collectively enhancing the quality, quantity, accessibility and impact of conscious media.
Prior to founding ILLUMINATE in 2014, Danette spent 5 years as Associate Director of the Miami International Film Festival and held positions as Director of the Washington DC-based Screening Room and Manager of the Washington Jewish Film Festival.
Before festival life, Danette was a Senior Management Consultant for Ernst & Young where she provided financial, management and technology solutions for Fortune 500 clients across the country. She studied business, engineering and organizational behavior, and holds degrees in Management and Information Systems from the University of Virginia.
Danette has focused her energy on elevating consciousness and catalyzing personal, community and planetary change, including as a Holomovement founding steward, Sedona Cultural Collaborative board member, and graduate of Mindful NYU's InnerMBA program. She is the recipient of the National Association for Women Business Owners Visionary Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
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The moving image stands as our most potent tool to shape humanity’s path forward—let's wield it to transform not just how we see the world but who we choose to be within it.